Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has indicated that he wants Danny Welbeck to take a leaf out of Thierry Henry's book.
The 23-year old striker, who joined from Manchester United on deadline day, opened his Gunners account in Saturday's 3-0 victory at Aston Villa with a neat finish from a pinpoint Mesut Ozil delivery.
Welbeck, who can also operate as a winger, was criticised for not being prolific enough at United but Wenger believes he can address that problem by following the blueprint of Arsenal club legend Henry who scored 228 goals for the north Londoners.
"Thierry is a good act to follow," said Wenger.
"I think Danny has an interesting potential and let's see how he develops.
"He has a good mentality, good physical potential, technical potential, he contributes to our team play because he doesn't lose the ball up front and those are important qualities.
"He rushed a bit his finishing until now because he didn't score.
"It is more a nervous problem maybe because in training he scores goals like a real striker.
"He is a good finisher."
Wenger added that he would opt to play Welbeck more centrally this season as he looks to get more goals out of the England international.
"I think as well he has played at Manchester United in the position wide the last two or three years, never through the middle," the Frenchman added.
"Then you lose a little bit that instinct to score.
"And you lose that pressure which is animalistic - you need to always be in the middle and wait for your chance to kill the opponent.
"On the flank you have less of that responsibility. He did a different job up and down."
